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There is a point to be made about future generations not coasting on the money that they inherited, as this can lead to people becoming lazy and incompetent. But older generations should not take this to the extreme to the point that they leave nothing for their children or do not assist them financially at appropriate times. The perfect example of this is in the housing market.

While my own dad is a literal boomer, I will give him credit that he is better than many of his generation. What I mean is that he actually seems to care to leave my siblings and I something down the line. Might be in large part that he rarely spends money (he lives like a college student even though he does not really need to).

But there is something important that I still keep in mind: I do not want to feel like I should depend on any inheritance for my financial well-being.

@Tfmonkey Not sure if you already have this for your Wednesdayshow, but even if not, this is the perfect ragebait.

https://archive.is/qFoFx

Notice the positive examples given are not even at replacement rate.

@PapaPole fixed.

@Tfmonkey I have a theory about the "losing blood/iron and higher T levels." My thought is that the drop in iron levels triggers a response to the body to produce testosterone as a survival reflex. As in "Oh shit, this could mean death! Get those T levels pumping so that we can make it through this."

If my theory is correct, this is not a great idea to raise your T levels.

So I am not going to fret over "AUTOCRACY BAD" when having a democratic system (fake or real) is not making for a free system either. Having many different slave drivers that you "vote" on does not make the slavery any better than having it under one slave driver.

Having a singular ruler with all the power means that there is a single point of failure. His rule will either be great or terrible based on his actions alone.

But what can be done when the problem is entrenched among many different groups and individuals? You are dealing with many heads of the hydra, unable to solve anything politically with the vote (which can and has often been stolen).

And to make matters worse, many in power are unelected and not even check by the fake voting anyways.

Just because you can "vote" for candidates that make rules on your behalf does not magically make the tyranny non-existent. It just makes it more difficult to dispose of the tyrannical system because it does not simply come down to taking down a single ruler.

In the US, even if Joe Biden were to croak tomorrow, it would not change one thing. That is because he is not the problem, the whole government infrastructure is, as those who are pulling the strings can hide quite easily in the shadows.

Something just occurred to me when doing my daily reconnaissance listening to the daily libshit "news" from NPR. They had a segment on the election in Turkey, being all melodramatic about "autocracy" if Erdogan wins. Then it hit me, their stoking fears about "autocracy" and all that is just a smokescreen to cover for the current globohomo tyranny that is taking place in countries like America.

So long as we have "muh democracy," it apparently makes government tyranny fine.

Elon Musk is a great example of why you should not place too much hope into one man being the hero to save the day. It seems like there is always some sort of backtracking, setback, or rug pull when it comes to his ownership of Twitter. Whether or not anything gets as bad as many people think, if you do not place much emotional investment in "based Elon Musk saving the day," you will not be disappointed.

It is best not to uphold anyone too much as a hero anyways. Too many eggs in one basket.